Improvement in roofing compositions



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PATENT OFFICE,

LORENZO P. TEED, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN ROOFING COMPOSITIONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent NO. 169,385, dated November 2, 1875;

application filed April 3, 1875.

To all whom "it may concern: A

Be it known that I, LORENZO P. TEED, of the city of Erie, county of Erie, State of Pennhave invented a new and Improved Roofing-Cement, to be used on Old or new roofs, of which the following is a specifica tion:

The nature of my invention consists in mixing slaked lime, sand; coal tar, plumbago, and lamp-black, as hereinafter described.

I take a sufficient amount of coal-tar to mix the other ingredients in a semi-fluid state. I boil the coal-tar until all the Water and gas are evaporated. Then take two parts of fresh slaked lime, one part of fine-sifted sand, five pounds of. lamp-black to one hundred pounds Witnesses:

A. B. RICHMOND, J. T. WHITE, 

